Determinants of the use of contraceptive methods by adolescents in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: results of a cross-sectional survey.
Background: Family planning (FP) is an effective strategy to prevent unintended pregnancies of adolescents. We aimed at identifying the socio-demographic factors underlying the low use of contraceptive methods by teenage girls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).Methods: A secondary analys...
| Publicado en: | BMC Women's Health Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 1 - 15 |
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11/28/2022
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=160424099&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 160424099 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 14726874 1CIP jtl: BMC Women's Health issn: 14726874 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 11/28/2022 vid: 22 iid: 1 pid: 24147 pub: BioMed Central artinfo: ui: 160424099 160424099 NLM36437443 10.1186/s12905-022-02084-3 NLM36437443 160424099 ppf: 1 ppct: 14 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Determinants of the use of contraceptive methods by adolescents in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: results of a cross-sectional survey. aug: au: Mpunga, Dieudonné M. Chenge, Faustin M. Mambu, Thérèse NM. Akilimali, Pierre Z. Mapatano, Mala A. Wembodinga, Gilbert U. affil: School of Public Health of Kinshasa, University of Kinshasa, P.O.11850, Kinshasa 1, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo sug: subj: Family Planning Contraception Pregnancy Adolescence Democratic Republic of the Congo Cross Sectional Studies Female Child Adolescent: 13-18 years Child: 6-12 years Female ab: Background: Family planning (FP) is an effective strategy to prevent unintended pregnancies of adolescents. We aimed at identifying the socio-demographic factors underlying the low use of contraceptive methods by teenage girls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).Methods: A secondary analysis targeting teenage girls aged 15-19 was carried out on the Performance, Monitoring and Accountability project 2020 (PMA 2020) round 7 data, collected in Kinshasa and Kongo Central provinces. The dependent variable was the "use of contraceptive methods by sexually active teenage girls", calculated as the proportion of teenagers using modern, traditional or any contraceptive methods. Independent variables were: level of education, age, province, religion, marital status, number of children, knowledge of contraceptive methods and household income. Pearson's chi-square and logistic regression tests helped to measure the relationship between variables at the alpha significance cut point of 0.05.Results: A total of 943 teenagers were interviewed; of which 22.6, 18.1 and 19.9% used any contraceptive method respectively in Kinshasa, Kongo Central and overall. The use of modern contraceptive methods was estimated at 9.9, 13.4 and 12.0% respectively in Kinshasa, Kongo Central and overall. However, the use of traditional methods estimated at 8.0% overall, was higher in Kinshasa (12.7%) and lower (4.7%) in Kongo Central (p < .001). Some factors such as poor knowledge of contraceptive methods (aOR = 8.868; 95% CI, 2.997-26.240; p < .001); belonging to low-income households (aOR = 1.797; 95% CI, 1.099-2.940; p = .020); and living in Kongo central (aOR = 3.170; 95% CI, 1.974-5.091; p < .001) made teenagers more likely not to use any contraceptive method.Conclusion: The progress in the use of contraceptive methods by adolescent girls is not yet sufficient in the DRC. Socio-demographic factors, such as living in rural areas, poor knowledge of FP, and low-income are preventing teenagers from using FP methods. These findings highlight the need to fight against such barriers; and to make contraceptive services available, accessible, and affordable for teenagers. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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